Painting with light
By: John Alton ; new foreword by John Bailey ; introduction by Todd McCarthy
Contributors: Bailey, John; McCarthy, Todd
Publisher: University Of California Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780520275843
Subjects: Cinematography; Lighting
Notes: Filmography: pages xlv-xlix.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Film noir's sorcerer of light : John Alton / by John Bailey; title: Preface; title: Through a lens darkly : the life and films of John Alton / by Todd McCarthy; title: Filmography / by Todd McCarthy and Dennis Jakob; title: Hollywood photography; title: Motion picture illumination; title: Mystery lighting; title: Special illumination; title: The Hollywood close-up; title: Outdoor photography; title: Symphony in snow; title: Ocean voyage; title: Visual music; title: The portrait studio; title: The laboratory; title: Day and night, ladies, watch your light; title: Motion picture theatres; title: The world is a huge television studio and we are all photographers.